Alternative Therapies for Prostate Cancer

BY MARK SCHOLZ, MD

Being diagnosed with cancer often stimulates people into action and triggers powerful survival instincts. Numerous purveyors of alternative medicine cater to these natural fears, and in desperation many patients adopt a shotgun approach, imbibing dozens of herbal substances based on unsubstantiated claims from the manufacturer.

This “grab-everything-off-the-shelf” approach can be expensive and occasionally counterproductive.

Most alternative therapies for prostate cancer are harmless, but their promise to improve longevity is highly doubtful. Some perspective on the many claims from the vast supplement industry can be helpful, as well as consideration of some other, much more valid claims for certain medications not normally considered for their anticancer activity. READ THE FULL ARTICLE HERE > https://www.verywell.com/alternative-therapies-for-prostate-cancer-4151829